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So if you're lucky enough to have
some stable soil conditions and
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you can dig a trench like we
have in this particular pond.
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You can go ahead and pour your
concrete on top of your rebar.
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If you live areas with unstable
soil conditions, say in Florida or
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Palm Springs and you have a lot of
sandy soil, you might not be able
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to get the dirt to conform to
the shape that we want here.
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So you're gonna have to take
an extra step and put some forms in
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place to hold the concrete
in place for your bond beam.
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We're gonna show you
how to do that next.
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We just picked up some wooden
stakes, got a sledgehammer, and
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we have these cool little
bender boards here.
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They're coated in plastic so
the concrete doesn't stick to them,
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and they can conform to
the shape of our circle.
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I also have this quick little impact
screw gun and some drywall screws.
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So the first thing we're gonna do
is we're gonna drive some stakes in
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around, and then we'll attach
our form boards right to them.
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So the first step is to come in the
inside curve of our excavation and
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we're going to drive these
stakes in every couple of feet.
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And this is what we are going
to attach our form board to.
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Once you have your stakes all
driven on the inside of the form,
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what we're gonna do is we're
gonna set the top form board of
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And we're just gonna start with the
top first, and what we've done on
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this pond, we have the bond beams
can be 12 inches below water level.
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So we set our laser level to tell
us exactly where that's gonna be.
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You can do that with a traditional
four foot level as well.
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But we're gonna go ahead and
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start attaching these
form boards to stakes.
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We have our forms in place,
and our rebar is set.
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It's time to pour the concrete.
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We just went to the local hardware
store and picked up a concrete mix.
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And we're gonna use
wheelbarrows today.
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But if you're lucky enough to
have a buddy with a mixer,
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you could probably go
a whole lot faster.
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I brought in some
extra boys today so
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we can get this done
a whole lot quicker.
